One of the things I love about the businesses that The Cordish Companies built is that they're inclusive. They hire people from that city. Their workforce looks like that city and they promote people to the very top, of all colors. They do business with minority contractors, they hire diverse workforces with many people from the surrounding neighborhoods.-Benjamin Jealous, Former President and CEO of NAACP

The Cordish Companies has really struck my heart and given our company, a minority led company, the opportunity to be the lead on this $500 million dollar facility. The Cordish Companies deserves just so much credit for taking so much effort to reach out to local businesses to really do due-diligence and to take a risk that no other developer has taken in the state of Maryland.-Kevin Johnson, President & CEO, Commercial Group

The Power Plant is a prime example of the conversion of functionally obsolete building into a successful, modern project. The developer saved the four towering smokestacks - visual reminders of Baltimore's industrial past - and extended the eastern edge of the Inner Harbor, compounding its success as an urban entertainment district.-ULI Awards Profile,

As a catalyst development the Power & Light District not only initiated the turn-around of the south loop of Downtown, but it also re-established Downtown as the premier location to live, work and play. Without a doubt the Power & Light District has proved to be a catalyst for addition investment; it provided a renewed sense of optimism within the city. Our Downtown economic research supports the fact that at no other time in its history has Downtown Kansas City experienced such significant re-development.-Bill Dietrich, President & CEO of the Downtown Council of Kansas City